An artist draws Anne Frank burning the Z for Putin on a mural in Milan

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A mural depicting

burning a sheet of paper with the letter "Z", symbolizing support for the invasion of Ukraine by

President

, has been drawn on a central street in

(north of

) by the artist

.

The work, which shows the Jewish girl who was hiding in

with her family fleeing Nazi barbarism while setting fire to the "Z", considered by its author "the new symbol of imperialist propaganda", is entitled

.

"The "denazification" of

is a great operation of propaganda and mystification of reality launched to justify the barbaric invasion of Ukraine. Memory is the most powerful antibody we have to defend ourselves from the traps of the present,"

said in a statement.

It is not "a reference to the tragic events of the

, but a denunciation of the emotional impact of the propaganda war in the spread of hatred and the mystification of the truth, which today more than ever finds space in mass communication and the spread of social networks.

The intention of the internationally recognized Italian artist, who has already exhibited in the

,

and

, among other countries, is to launch "a warning to (re)activate memory, a stimulus to reflect on the power of symbols and childhood denied ".

"The images of Russian children exploited by the regime's propaganda and forced to promote the 'Z' symbol are there to remind us of this and another dark period in recent history, that of Nazism. Children against children, a war that does not spare nobody," he said.

It is not the first time that

has portrayed

, in 2015 he had painted her in the pop work " Nunca más" with which the artist addressed the horrors of the

by portraying the

in

.

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